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COVID-19: Community Response and Recommendations

Alisa R. Haushalter, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC Director, Shelby County Health Department Associate Professor, UTHSC September 15, 2020

Community Response

PUBLIC HEALTH

MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY COVID19 - PANDEMIC PRIORITIES

1. Preservation of Life / Mitigation of Spread 2. Continuity of Government – Public Safety and Order 3. Preservation of Systems Commercial, Business, Non-Profit Critical Infrastructure 4. Crisis stabilization – regression of disease 5. Transition to Pre-incident conditions

BACK TO SCHOOL BACK TO BUSINESS

PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE PLAN

Outcomes & Recommendations

COVID-19 CASES IN SHELBY COUNTY BY SPECIMEN COLLECTION DATE AS OF 9/9/20

Total Cases = 28652

Illness that began during this time may not be reported

[14 Day Data]

Schools close Safer-at-Home begins Phase 1 Reopen Phase 2 Reopen Mask Directive, Bars Closed

Note: Chart excludes cases with Specimen Collection Date missing (N = 27) Data Source: National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS)

Fridtjof Thomas, PhD Professor The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine

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